Bangkok Bank A too good for Raknamjai
[BASKETBALL] Bangkok Bank A continued their winning ways with a third straight victory, a 116-22 demolition of Raknamjai, in the women's preliminary round of the 47th King's Cup Basketball Championships at Siam Univ-ersity yesterday.
Unbeaten Bangkok Bank A lived up to their top billing as 14-time champions, taking charge of the first quarter and surging to a 30-0 lead. Lowly Raknamjai's Saksupa Polbanditwong and Rachada Dasom tried to put up a resistance to their champion rivals but Bangkok Bank A took advantage of the turnovers, chipping away to 64-8 at half-time. In the last quarter, hopeless Raknamjai failed to make any impact on the Bangkok Bank A side, who ended up dominating the entire match. Raknamjai lost their fourth successive game in Group A. Charotai Suksomwong fired 24 points for Bangkok Bank A, while Saksupa of Raknamjai had 10 points. In a Pool B match, Banpong were beaten 70-41 by the Bangkok Bank B team. Wannapa Imkham scored 17 points and Usa Chantuma had 14 points to give Bangkok Bank B a 32-27 advantage at half-time. Former national star Somtawin Jiamsawat and Paradee Khampromrat combined to score 20 points, adding some spark to Banpong's game but Bangkok Bank B answered with strong counter-attacks to take the match away. Bangkok Bank B have three wins from their four matches, while Banpong have one win against one loss.
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